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Turkey Earthquake October 23, 2011. 7.2 magnitude. Video transcript: A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey at 5:42am central time killing at least 60 people as it collapsed buildings into piles of steel and concrete. State-run TRT television reported that 45 people were killed and 150 injured in the eastern town of Ercis, and 15 others died in the provincial center of Van. Turkish scientists estimated that up to 1,000 people could already be dead, due to low housing standards in the area and the size of the quake. Ercis, province of Van close to the Iranian border, was the hardest hit. It lies on the Ercis Fault in one of Turkey's most earthquake-prone zones. Van, 55 miles to the south, also suffered substantial damage. As many as 80 buildings collapsed , including a dormitory, and 10 buildings collapsed in Van, The quake's epicenter was in the village of Tabanli, 10 miles from Van. We are estimating a death toll between 500 and 1,000," Mustafa Erdik, head of the Kandilli observatory, told a televised news conference eastern turkey's quake was registered as a 7.2 and it was followed aftershocks that have measured 5.6, 4.9, 5.6, 4.6, 4.4,4.5,4.2,4.4, 4.0, and a 4.8 magnitudes. that is something that the main stream media has not mentioned but they have all happened within the last 5 hours or so. We will continue to watch this area with great interested. Let us hope the number of killed and injured stay as low as possible. Link to USGS information here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006bqc.php I will update later if any more news comes out of that area. DailyCrapShow daily crap show, daily dose of whatever
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